St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F28
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Darwen, BB3 0HY
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Avondale Primary School
Durham Road, Darwen, BB3 1NN
Local ranking12th of 55 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 19 July 2023.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 72.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 12.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 58
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 402
- Boys
- 213 (53%)
- Girls
- 187 (47%)
- Capacity
- 420 (95% full)
- SEND
- 18.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.9%
- EAL
- 5.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 15.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,671/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.3%
- White Other: 2.0%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Other: 1.3%
85.3%
White British
3.3%
Asian Pakistani
2.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Durham Road
Darwen, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119294
- UKPRN
- 10069918
- Establishment No.
- 2515
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